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Is Chinese Art The Next Bubble to Burst?

With China’s stock market imploding, the question becomes: is Chinese art next? You see, Chinese art has increased in price eight times over the past seven years - as this excerpt from this week’s print edition of Modern Weekly... ...full story at The China Expat

from The China Expat on Thu, Apr 17 2008

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